IRVINE, Calif., October 11, 2006 – HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry, today announced the launch of FlexSmart MIFARE and DESFire Contactless Smart Card Readers. The ...

The contactless readers support the global contactless EMV applications published by MasterCard and Visa, as well as MiFare technology, and non-EMV contactless payment programs from other major ...

ISMANING, Germany, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange ...

Contactless smart cards are plastic cards (usually the size of a credit card) with an embedded radio frequency identification transponder. The RFID microchip can store a serial number and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit card payment methods have evolved dramatically over the years, from manual credit card imprinters to magnetic strip cards ...

Princeton Junction, N.J. – The United States has taken a strong leadership position in adopting new payment and identification applications that use secure contactless smart chip technology, ...

There are now billions of EMV-enabled cards in the world, but they are not foolproof and can be made more secure through new authentication technologies. In most retailers today, customers don’t swipe ...

Contactless card transactions have quickly emerged as popular payment methods in recent years. Instead of swiping your card or using a chip, you can simply scan the card or use a mobile device without ...

A credit card or ID card that contains a chip. When the card is inserted into a reader (contact) or held close to the reader (contactless), data are transferred to a central computer. Also called a ...